Named Entity Results, James Birtwistle

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re till their artillery ceased and withdrew.
Towards the close of the action the Mount Washington's flag-staff was shot away even with the upper deck, when Mr. Birtwistle and seaman Thielberg assisted me to haul it up out of the water by the ensign halliards, raise it, and lash it alongside the stump.
And further--
I canMr. Griffith, who nobly refused to leave the vessel when his crew were sent away, and who rendered the most valuable assistance during the action.
Master's-Mate Birtwistle, of the Minnesota, behaved in the most gallant manner, and I respectfully recommend him to you as a most brave and efficient officer.
There was much heroi J. H. Porter, R. S. Chew, C. S. Cotton and S. W. Terry; Acting Ensigns, F. R. Webb and Amos Brown; Master's Mates, Wm. Hunter, C. W. Campbell, W. R. Hunter, James Birtwistle and P. B. Doran; Engineers: Chief, Philip G. Peltz; Second-Assistant, G. W. Sensner; Third-Assistants, Alfred Colin, T. W. Ray, G. W. Thorn, Webster Lane and

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Lieutenant-Commander Charles H. Cushman (wounded) and Montgomery Sicard; Lieutenants N. H. Farquhar, R. H. Lamson, Smith W. Nichols, and John R. Bartlett; Acting-Master W. H. Maies, of the Seneca; Acting Ensigns George T. Davis, Wabash; James Birtwistle and F. A. O'Connor, Minnesota; Dayton, of the Nereus, and an acting-ensign from the Gettysburg (whose name Lieutenant Lamson will supply; Acting-Master's Mate Joseph M. Simms, Minnesota, and A. F. Aldrich, Tuscarora, both wounded, all behaveo. I have named them because they are all known to me. There were others there equally brave and worthy, whose names, unfortunately, are not in my possession.
I have called the attention of my commanding officer (Commodore Lanman) to Acting Ensigns Birtwistle and O'Connor.
Both these gentlemen hold.their present appointments as a reward of gallant conduct under fire.
They are both competent, intelligent, and perfectly correct young men, and they well deserve another step upwards.
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